Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-07-23
ON THE TRACK OF A SOUL.

in history, who boldly change its cur
rents, are themselves first of all con.
scious of that which the whole world
soon comes to recognize, that they are
the instruments of a Power wiser and
mightier than their own. "-Rev. Edav.
McGlysssa, d. d.
That is sound doctrine, applied to
every sincere and conscientious
benefactor but it would be entered
IN Judgment against its own author,
even if an angel were sent from
Heaven to testify to his sincerity
and conscientiousness. Who is there
powerful enough to be with man.
when the world is against him And
what right has such a man that any.
body is bound to respect
Fool would we be to set onr frail
judgment up against the wisdom OF
the sages and the slight from Heav.
en-" but the frailest barque may
sometimes glide over the angriest
waves which no iron clad vessel
could weather. And the wave OF
public opinion is one of the might
est on the ocean Of life; brave cap
tain never lived to stem it, but many
fool-hardy sailor has crept unseen
IN and around its roaring pillows
and picked up here and there a
storm tossed soul? What is the price
of a soul? no value on earth or in
the waters beneath, yet the soldiers
and generals of spiritual lite sacrifice
them by the thousands for worldly
principles the whole Western EN-
pire for Rome or Byzantium The
half of Europe for the rivalry Of 9
few monks A whole nation for q
feast day or a fast p" Am / my
brothers keeper 20 Where are the
souls l gave thee +?
HARD TO RID FROM POLITICS.
Politics is a vice that corrupts the
purity of everything 1T touches. Il
is personal, sectional and prejudiced
Serpent-like it conceals itself under
many guises, and darts it's poison
GUS fangs lightning-like. In the
McGlynn case, it linked the arch
bishops name with Cleveland for the
sake of effect and the silence that fol
lowed had it own significance. Il
subjected the Irish friends of Blaine
to a merciless criticism and The
church interposed no obstacle. /
interwOve the best intentions of thu
pastor of st. Stephens with tn,
worst feature of agrarianisln, an(
his functions were cut short in that
self-Same moment. 1t distributed
the glaring wrecks of " Rum, Roman
ism and Rebellion y from church
front and cathedral place, East ant
West, and no.-politics--in--the
church " hand was raised; but livet
there a man with soul so dead as tt
cast single Maria Halpin fac-simile
in the holy place not one; eithel
because there was none whose prin
clples were so low, or the church
authorities would not allow. Pol
itics has lodged the Labor move
ment like thief his plumber, no
even allowing the impression to e,
forth that Cardinal Gibbons es
poused the caused instead of tn,
cause. There is no politics in thu
church but the politicians are there
WHO REPRESENTS AUTHORITY?
1 should regard it as the greatest mis-
fortune of my life to have contributed il
any way whatever to cause single on
of my brothers to falter in perfect ODE
dience to the authority of the Church.
Archbishop Spaldiag.
Are DR.. McGlynn's opposerswar(
politicians or the thugs Of discon
tented society? Unfortunately not
They are the Monsignors, Tit
Very Reverends, The My Graces
and Your Eminences of the Rome
of America. They say his course an(
theories are SO palpably wrong an(
ridiculous that they are not worthy
of attention, yet they harrass hin
to death. They say it is a matter o
charity to pass over his shortcOm
ings in silence, yet they prod him OF
like the butcher.boy with his flesh
hook the bullock in the slaughte
pen. The worst is the religious
press in its eagerness to gain higl
favor in ecclesiastical circles. They
jest and jibe and roll him over ant
dig at him, and turn him up ant
pound upon him and lay him ava,
bleeding and burning only to hau
him out again for another chance tt
gore. They hire some peripeti'
Hermit" with his cesquipedaliar
lance of pot-house logic to stl
around the McGlynn bones at /;
thank-you-a.line rate. And whel
he is cooked and mauled and pass
ed and repassed through the theolo
gical and philosophical chopper-ma
chine, they get to fighting among
themselves as to which ofthem wal
favored with the only original, cor
rect and authoritative version O
communication! Verify, it re
minds one, in an infnitesima
way, of the Jews casting lots owe
Christ's tattered garments. If thu
religious press represents the trut
religion and perfect charity of its
church, then there is every hope fol-
DR.. McGlynn. 1t is petulantly
personal, and extensively partizan
No fling or slur is too severe for The
obnoxious Republicans. 1t is ths
least reconstructed of any agency
under this free union of States
The bitterness and hostility of the
past are revived on the least provo
cation. Its greatest bug-bear is
"Know-nothingism when it is Re
publican, but when it savors of its
own heroism as in Randall, Marsha
Dill and others, then it has con
verified piety and goodness about il
that invoke ecclesiastical protection
Yet Councils and DEGREES make the
reading Of such a press obligatory
The day will come, too, when prin
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